Mission Action Teams

The mission & ministry of St. Mary’s are coordinated by the Church Council through 7 Mission Action Teams. The membership of these are currently as follows :

1. Worshipping and Praying

Guy Bridgewater (Team leader)

Karen Ind

Karen Inglis-Taylor

Jeremy Weaver

Veronica Kidd

Valerie Lintott

2. Growing As Disciples

(Team Leader – Guy Bridgewater)

Joyce Brown (Secretary)

Alistair Inglis-Taylor

Fiona Prentice

Lynne Keeble

Katherine Potter

Matt Lee

3. Caring As A Fellowship

Morag Davies (Team Leader)

Eve Phillips

Val Burgess

Elizabeth Hawkins

Mandy Masters

Manny Holden

Christine Bright

Win Fruin

4. Serving and Transforming the Community

(Team Leader – Guy Bridgewater)

Brenda Large

Hennie Sleeman

Sheila Pilkington

Veronica James

Maureen Muggleton

Kimball Eady

Pauline Welch

5. Proclaiming the Gospel

Guy Bridgewater (Team Leader)

Pam Dexter

Tim Fifield

Richard Herrington

Martin Malyon

6. Administration and Finance

Steve Benson (Team Leader)

Alison Carre

Denise Herrington

Jonathan Powell

Linda Emery – Stewardship only

Peter Fruin

7. Buildings and Fabric

Marcus Newton (Team Leader)

Steve Benson

Jane Gorrie

Paul Kirkbride

Nigel Stalley

Michael Lickiss

Francois Van Schalkwyk

How the Mission Action Teams work at St. Mary’s

Each team carries out its annual objectives (as adopted in our Mission Action Plan or “MAP”) & reports back to the Church Council through representatives on the Council. It in turn has oversight of all the appropriate ministries (including any other groups, teams & councils) that are designated to it – thereby covering every facet of the ministry & mission of St. Mary’s.

Within the Church Council an additional Leadership Team (“LT”) exercises general spiritual leadership & oversight at St. Mary’s. The LT oversees MAP implementation on behalf of the Church Council, & LT members typically chair the other 7 Mission Action Teams. The LT is currently made up of the clergy and churchwardens, but may later expand to include further laity (the congregation being consulted to help recognise whom the members should be).

Every member of the Church Council will thus expect to serve on one (possibly two) of these Mission Action Teams (analogous to sub committees) as part of their duties. This structure, and our annual MAP objectives, provide the structure for our Church budget, accounts and AGM – with each Team reporting on progress in order to achieve clear understanding and a co-ordinated approach to our growth in ministry & mission.